Another double haul myth

[john_in]

So many people have said that doing the double haul is like rubbing your belly while patting your head. That scares people, because some people will immediate try to rub their bellies and patting their heads to see if they qualify for double hauling a fly rod. I learned to double haul never knowing the association between it and the rubbing belly/patting head drill. I have also helped (I don't like the word 'taught') people who can't rub belly while patting head to double haul. Let's treat these two things as separate. Learning double haul is a lot easier than doing the rubbing/patting drill. Rubbing/patting drill may not be natural to some people, hauling with two hands can be. If anyone can learn to move hands separately but not in totally different directions, one can double haul. Doing the rubbing/patting is actually more difficult than doing the double haul because it involves moving hands in two different planes. Doing the double haul only involves one hand going back and forward while the other hand is following it in a up/down motion. It is a lot easier to do. Don't be scared by the saying that when you double haul you are doing the same thing like rubbing belly while patting your head.

[qrrfish1]

The biggest problem fly rod students have is instructors who haven't figured out students heard exactly what the instructor said. And when they do what what the instructor told them to do and it doesn't work, they want to believe its the student that isn't understanding. The student understands exactly what the instructor said, its the instructor who hasn't considered what the student heard.

[john_in]

What a pleasure to have you comment on my post! I want everyone here to know that you are one of these people I met fifteen years ago on this website. You sent me fly casting video tapes and even a fly rod blank, when I was learning to cast and build rod. You did all that without asking me for a penny. You also gave me a lot of help in the chatroom telling me how to cast. People like you made it possible for me to enjoy fly casting while under very stressful situations at work. Thank you, Capt. Paul!

[qrrfish1]

What a pleasure to have you comment on my post! I want everyone here to know that you are one of these people I met fifteen years ago on this website. You sent me fly casting video tapes and even a fly rod blank, when I was learning to cast and build rod. You did all that without asking me for a penny. You also gave me a lot of help in the chatroom telling me how to cast. People like you made it possible for me to enjoy fly casting while under very stressful situations at work. Thank you, Capt. Paul!

It was my great pleasure. Plus I very much enjoyed your videos, an just a little jealous.

[bgreer]

The biggest problem fly rod students have is instructors who haven't figured out students heard exactly what the instructor said. And when they do what what the instructor told them to do and it doesn't work, they want to believe its the student that isn't understanding. The student understands exactly what the instructor said, its the instructor who hasn't considered what the student heard.

This gave me a laugh.

There's probably more truth to this than people realize.

[qrrfish1]

This gave me a laugh.

There's probably more truth to this than people realize.

I'm of the mind as taught to me by my students, in order understand them I need listen with my eyes and see with my ears. Once you figure out the language it makes perfect sense, as you will see your words in front of you and hear what your student heard.